Monday, October 19, 2009

Textbook Podcasts from iTunes U


Here are a couple of interesting college lectures dissecting the issues and potential solutions to our current textbook system at college. The following are all available as free downloads from iTunes' college lecture podcast series, iTunes U:

Professors Bokyoung Kim, Junghoon Leem, Munmu Yoo from Seattle Pacific University discuss the development of digital textbooks in Korea and appliciable aspects for use at U.S. universities. The lecture is from their course "Trends & Research in Global Education"
listen here

This lecture, from Ohio State University, is a discussion entitled "The Future of Textbooks"
listen here

This lecture, from University of California at Davis, is titled "Generation E: Teaching teachers how to navigate the e-enviroment". It discusses the changing relationship between students and technology and how educators can use this to make the education process more effective.
listen here

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